Netflix officially established itself as a leader in the industry by achieving great success with "House of Cards" and then really opening up with "Stranger Things".

"Stranger Things" tells a suspenseful story in the 80s of the last century, a boy mysteriously disappears in a small town, his friends, family and local police/detectives begin to search for answers, the boy's friends meet a girl with superpowers, and a mysterious event about secret experiments and supernatural powers is revealed little by little.

Compared with high-concept sci-fi series, the setting of "Stranger Things" is closer to the thriller and suspense part, and sci-fi is based on the shell of the whole story, and the success of the whole series is relatively special, packaging a sci-fi story in the retro style of the eighties, and the core is about family and growth.

Most importantly, the writers and directors Duffer gave the film a fantastic texture of classic horror and suspense films: the atmosphere reflected in John Carpenter's "Strange Shape", Steven Spielberg's "Alien ET", Stephen King's "Walk With Me", and many more.

In fact, "Stranger Things" has many similarities with "Walk with Me", which Lan Li personally likes very much. The latter tells the story of four fourteen-year-old boys who go to find a corpse that symbolizes a fork in the road, and the former is the story of a group of friends who are looking for their missing friends.

The Duffy brothers gave such a coming-of-age story a unique flavor and texture, which is what makes "Stranger Things" so popular – and of course, the excellent quality of the series is also fundamental.

In fact, before "Stranger Things", the Duffy brothers had written and produced the series "Black Pine Town", and also co-wrote and directed the movie "Hide", but neither work was able to cause much repercussions, which also proved that the story of "Stranger Things" gave the Duffy brothers more room to play and let them find their strengths.

After that, the story of "Return of the Joker" also has many similarities with "Stranger Things": it is also the story of a group of children looking for their missing friends, but the context, framework and core of the story are still different, which distinguishes the two works, but the similar texture of horror movies in the 80s has made "Return of the Clown" win more market favor.

Suffice it to say, if it weren't for Stranger Things, the Duffy Brothers might still not have succeeded, but conversely, if it weren't for the Duffy Brothers, Stranger Things might have failed.

In Lanli's view, this is a targeted cooperation project, and both parties are indispensable.

From an objective point of view, this is actually not a good thing for dramas, because "stage plays are the art of actors, television is the art of screenwriting, and movies are the art of directors". The core that really determines the success of a series should be the screenwriter - although the Duffy brothers are the writers of "Stranger Things", there are more special factors that affect the success of the series.

Outside of "Stranger Things", other episodes are back on the script.

In a way of twisting and turning, peeling off the cocoon, through a clueless murder case to spy on the cultural and political changes under the background of the entire era, "Run for the Night" really maintains the audience's attention in a interlocking way, especially after the opening let the male protagonist enter a party, wake up and find that his party partner has died, and then he is exhausted, which is a bit similar to the beginning of the movie "24 hours" or "prison break", so that the texture of the series is guaranteed.

Focusing on England rebuilt after the end of World War II, and finally presenting the "crown" of "if you want to carry the crown", the success of this series lies in the linear narrative on the basis of the linear narrative, not letting the characters become names and symbols in the annals of history, but giving the struggles and ups and downs of personal emotions behind the events, and telling the ups and downs of history in a thick but delicate way. The screenwriter's energy has been brought into full play!

The "Handmaid's Story", which reflects the dilemma of contemporary women's status, explores such a grim and heavy topic in the apocalyptic situation, but further explores the relationship between power and class, and then breaks away from the limitations of the topic of "women", giving the series more possible potential, absurd but realistic, absurd but cruel, undoubtedly finding a way to open on top of the mainstream topic, far deeper and broader than the big screen of the movie.

In contrast, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" also tells the plight of women, but abandons the heaviness and profundity, and presents a comedic playful effect in an elegant retro style, somewhat similar to the age of "Mad Men", but lighter and more relaxed, and more receptive to the general audience. Among them, the stand-up comedy part is undoubtedly a severe test for the screenwriter's line skills and joke level, and the series succeeds in this regard!

The "big and small lies" that unfold contemporary life with female group portraits are deeper and darker than the soap opera "Desperate Housewives", but the real core is to peek into the true meaning of marriage through this group of women, and then open the Pandora's box of middle-class life. The screenwriter's character control is undoubtedly crucial, and of course the actors also contribute to it.

The "mourning" culture born in the context of the entire fast food era has given birth to dramas such as "London Life" and "Bojack the Horseman", while "Go to the World of Horse Man" is a drama that reflects the culture of adolescent mourning, the core is still to explore the confusion of growing up, and deeply explore the many influences of family culture and social environment on the minds of teenagers. The screenwriter didn't dig deep, but he was able to impress the audience with a comedic effect, "I didn't know until that day that the silent silence was really noisy."

"Mind Hunter" is another kind of suspense series, David Fincher's guidance gives the whole series a cold and dark unique temperament, not so much a crime-solving drama, but a psychological discussion, following the "Seven Deadly Sins", David Fincher once again tried to interpret the reasons for the psychological distortion behind those murderers, but it went further than "Criminal Mind", the atmosphere of audio-visual effects gave the series a cinematic texture, and the social observation presented in the script was even more reflective.

Full of calculations, Lan Li has only selected eight works at present, and the number of episodes is far lower than the number of movies, but from another point of view, film projects need to take into account multiple links such as cost, production, distribution, and revenue, etc.;

Compared with the movie, the direction of the series is more distinct.

For example, "Stranger Things" is that the Duffy brothers are looking for investment, and "Mindhunter" is David Fincher's long-brewing project, although "House of Cards" is also a work directed by him, but in fact, David Fincher directs a very limited number of episodes, and he focuses more on "Mindhunter".

For example, "Run for the Night" was written by gold medal screenwriter Stephen Zerian, the writer of "Schindler's List", "Gangs of New York", "Mission Impossible", "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and other works, and he is also on the small screen for the first time, hoping to find a new career in the whole new era, and he is currently talking to HBO about the project.

In other words, after the script is released, these episodes already have a rough outline, and the entire context and framework are clearer and more direct, and they can be directly put into production at any time.

Because the direction of the episode is relatively obvious and clear, so under each episode, Lan Li has made a simple plot summary, in fact, it is only one or two sentences, at least not to be blind - because there must be more than one script for the TV episode, and when Andy and Andre made a second selection, they had no way to read them all one by one, which was really too time-consuming, and now Lan Li has sorted out a simple weather vane.

When Andy was reading the list, the amount of information went straight into his head.

He really felt that these eight sets of dramas were not suitable for production, and he felt that he would be shot every minute, so he cast his gaze towards Lan Li, "...... Isn't there any special indication? Like, if we can actually make it, which one should we make first?"

"Part of the list of episodes, I wrote notes on the occasion, and the final sorting was done by Matthew. Because the notes of the series are too much and too miscellaneous, Lan Li originally planned to give it all to Andy - compared to the movie, the competitiveness of the series is much smaller, and the six major film companies are probably not interested, so naturally there is no need to make a code, but in the end, Matthew can't read it and simply sort it out.

Matthew thought about it seriously, "It depends on Andre's financial planning." If you have enough money, Stranger Things and Mindhunter can be the first to shoot, but if you're short on money, Go to His World' and Run for Sin Night can start first, and if you want to open up your network, it's a big lie. ”

"What do you mean?" asked Andrei.

Matthew simply explains, "First of all, it's about women as the main characters, advocating for women to rise, and secondly, it's about three main characters. You can go to Hollywood for a walk, and the big-name actresses who are willing to take on such dramas now should easily exceed two hands. It's going to work very fast. ”

Both Andre and Andy understood in an instant.

Andre pondered for a moment, and then looked at Lan Li, "The question now is here, what should we do with our capital chain? If Lan Li is willing, after Oscar, we will go back to London, remember? As I said before, we need more funds." ”